Spatial Distribution of White Grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Florida Sugarcane
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 77 (5) , 1341-1343
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/77.5.1341
Abstract
The spatial distribution of two white grub species was measured in 40 Florida sugarcane fields. The highest density of third-instar grubs of both Cyclocephala parallela Casey and Ligyrus subtropicus Blatchley was found from 0 to 15 cm directly under sugarcane stools. Both species were aggregated among sugarcane stools in > 90% of the fields sampled. However, C. parallela was more evenly spread throughout fields than L. subtropicus, which infested field edges most heavily.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The Species of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) Associated with Sugarcane in South FloridaThe Florida Entomologist, 1981